Michael DeSantis

Michael "Big Mike" DeSantis was acting boss of the Lucchese crime family from 2017, succeeding Matthew Madonna.

Biography
Michael DeSantis was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and, through his friendship with Victor Amuso, he was "made" into the Lucchese crime family in November 1989. On 18 September 1991, he took part in a failed assassination attempt on Alphonse D'Arco at the Kimberley Hotel in Manhattan, and he was jailed in April 1993 and sentenced to 18 years in prison for committing two murders at Amuso's behest. In 2017, the imprisoned Amuso sent a coded letter to Steven Crea which informed him of his wish for DeSantis to take over the title of acting boss from Matthew Madonna, and Amuso prepared a hit list in the event that Madonna refused. However, Madonna averted a bloodbath by stepping aside and letting DeSantis take over.